36. Then the Lord said to me: Son of man, would you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then make known to them their abominations.
37. For they committed adultery, and blood covers their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; even the children they bore for me they burnt as food for them.
38. And they also did this to me: on that day, they defiled my sanctuary and desecrated my sabbaths.
39. On the very day they slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered my sanctuary to desecrate it. Thus they acted within my house!
40. Moreover, they sent for men who had to come from afar; when a messenger was sent to them, they came. On their account you bathed, painted your eyes, and put on jewelry.
41. You sat on a magnificent couch, set before it a table, on which to lay my incense and oil.
42. The cries of a mob! The shouts of men coming in from the wilderness! They put bracelets on the women’s arms and splendid crowns on their heads.
43. I said: “That worn-out one still has adulteries in her! Now they engage her as a prostitute and she…”
44. And indeed they did come in to her as men come in to a prostitute. Thus they came to Oholah and Oholibah, the depraved women.
45. The righteous shall certainly punish them with sentences given to adulterers and murderers, for they committed adultery, and blood is on their hands.
46. Indeed, thus says the Lord God: Raise up an army against them and hand them over to terror and plunder.
47. The army will stone them and hack them to pieces with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and set fire to their houses.
48. Thus I will put an end to depravity in the land, and all women will be warned not to imitate your depravity.
49. They shall inflict on you the penalty of your depravity, and you shall pay for your sins of idolatry. Then you shall know that I am the Lord God.